Folding ironing-board.



w. H. FLIEHMANN.

FOLDING IRONING BOARD. APPLICATION FILED NOV. I1. 19M. v 1,181,517,Patented May 2, 1916.

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W. H. FLIEHMANN. FOLDING IRONING BOARD. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11, 1914.

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2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- a ttommg WILLIAM H. FLIEHMANN, OF ST. CHARLES,MISSOURI.

FOLDING IRONING-IBOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2, 1916.

Application filed November 11, 1914. Serial No. 871,589.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM H. FLIEH- MANN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at St. Charles, in the county of St. Charles and Stateof Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in FoldingIroning-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improve ments in folding ironingboards, and particularly to a folding support removably connected withthe board so that it may be operated with respect to the board topresent a collapsed or an extended operative device.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a folding boardincluding a support, the'said support being constructed and arranged fora folding movement with respect to the board and including bracingelements which, in the opening or operative relation of the parts, willeffectively hold the support in board supporting position.

With the above and other objects in view, the improvement resides in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in thefollowing specification and falling within the scope of the appendedclaim.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of my improvement, parts beingbroken away and parts being shown in section, Fig. 2 is a bottom planview of the same showing the parts in folded relation, Fig. 3 is an edgeview of the board, the support being shown in section in a lineapproximately corresponding with the line 3-3 in Fig. 2, Fig. 4: is aperspective view of the support in its set-up position, the board beingindicated by the dotted lines, Fig. 5 is a bottom plan View of theboard, the support being removed, Fig. 6 is a. detail sectional Viewapproximately on the line 66 of Fig. 5, Fig. 7 is a transverse sectionalview approximately on the line 77 of Fig. 1, but taken upon a greatlyenlarged scale, Fig. 8 is a perspective View of a clip which may beemployed for securing the flexible cover upon the board, and Fig. 9 isan elevation illus trating the construction of the leg members from asingle piece of metal.

While in the accompanying drawings I have illustrated the device inconnection with an ironing board, it is tobe understood that thesupporting means are not to be restricted in this particular, as thesame may be employed with equal efliciency in numerous other instances,and also it should be stated that while in the drawings there isillustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention, such changes as wallwithin the scope of the claim may be made if desired.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates thefront legs of the support and 2 the rear legs. The rear legs comprisetwo members, 22', each of a similar construction, and include uprights33, each pair of which being connected by a cross brace 44. Likewise thefront leg comprises a pair of uprights 55 that are approximatelycentrally connected by a cross bar 6, and the legs 5, at their lowerends, are preferably prodded with angular extensions or lugs 7--7 whichare in the form of what may be termed feet, the same resting upon theground surface. The uprights 5 of the leg 1 have their central portionsconnected by a transverse cross bar 8, the said bar being provided witha loosely connected hook 9.

The uprights of the legs are so arranged with relation to the connectingbars that they converge downwardly, each providing a substantiallyA-shaped member.

The board, which is indicated by the numeral 10 is of asuitable lengthand width and has its side edges converging toward one of its ends inthe usual manner. The board is formed, upon its underface, withlongitudinally extending channels 11 and transverse channels 12, cleats13 being arranged within the transverse channels 12 to'strengthen andprevent the warping of the board.

The rear legs are hingedly connected together, as at 14, and the rearuprights, forming the outer leg 4 are provided with hinges 15 which aresecured to the board 10. The board 10, adjacent its reduced end isprovided with two spaced eyes 16 and 17 respectively, the eye 16 beingengaged by the hook 9 when the support is in its set up position, andthe eye 17 being engaged by. the said hook 9 when the board is in itscollapsed position, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The respective sets of legs are secured against longitudinal movement bya connecting bar 14, the bar 14 comprising three members, indicated bythe numerals 15, 16 and 17' respectively. The member 15 has one of itsends hingedly secured, as at 18, to the intermediate cross bar 6 of thelegs 1, the said member having its opposite end hingedly secured, as at19, to the cross bar 4: of the inner leg member 3 of the rear legs,while the said member 1st is likewise hingedly secured, as at 20, to thesection 16 of the connecting bar 14. The section 16 is likewise hingedlyconnected to the section 17, as at 21, the said hinge being disposedupon the underfaces of the sections 16 and 17, while secured to theunderface of the section 17, at the end thereof, is a hinge 22 which islikewise connected to the cross bar at of the rear leg section 2. Itwill be thus noted that'the member 14; comprises three distinct members,each hingedly connected together and each except member 16 hingedlyconnected to the cross bars of the legs, and it will also be noted thatwhen the legs are in their set up position, as illustrated in Figs. 1and d of the drawings, the cross bar will prevent the swinging of thelegs in a closing or collapsing position.

The ironing board is provided with a covering of felt or other material,as indicated by the numeral 23, while arranged over the said facing is acover 2% of some light textile material, such as the ordinary cottoncloth, the ends of the said cloth being extended upon the underface ofthe board, and secured thereto through the medium of spring clips 25.The clips preferably comprise each a rectangular metallic member havingend prongs 27, and its body, adjacent its ends opposite that providedwith the prongs 27 punched out to form additional prongs 28. The body ofeach of the spring members or clips 25 is provided with an opening 29for the reception of a securing element, such as a screw 30. The prongs28 formed on these members extend toward their side edges, and thenatural resiliency of the metal from which the clips are formed willhave a tendency to force the prongs 28 in the board.

In Fig. 9 of the drawings I have illustrated the legs 1 1 formed from asingle piece of bendable metal, preferably in the nature of a metal rod2, the uprights of which converging from the upper to the lower endsthereof and being bent inwardly to provide feet 7 and from thencecontinued upwardly in a plane with the side members or uprights .andconnected by a horizontally disposed portion 6, forming a cross brace,similar to the brace illustrated in Fig. l of the drawing, to which oneof the sections of the longitudinal brace is hingedly secured. The upperends of the side members or uprights are turned inwardly, as at 1, andthese ends may be received within suitable eyes or sockets (not shown)which may be provided upon the underface of the board, so that the legsection 1 may be secured to and readily removed from the board byspreading the arms or uprights thereof away from. each other out of thesockets.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantagesthereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled inthe art to which such invention appertains without further detaileddescription.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

In a device of the kind described, in combination, an ironing board, arear support for said board pivotally connected to said table andadapted to fold over alongside of said board, a front support for saidboard having a top edge upon which said board rests, a connecting barmovably connected at one end to said rear support and pivotallyconnected at its opposite end to said front support, a hook carried bysaid front support at its upper end, an eye member secured to the underside of said ironing board with which said hook may engage to disposesaid front support vertically causing its top edge to engage said board,and a second eye member secured upon said board in advance of said firsteye member and adapted, when engaged by the same hook to secure both therear and front support in collapsed position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IVILLIAM H. FLIEHMANN.

WVitnesses:

BERNARD H. DYER, LEO F. PALLORDY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthev Commissioner 0! Patents, Washington, D. O.

